The purposes of this ordinance are:
A. To protect public health, safety, and general welfare;
B. To enforce laws prohibiting the service to, and consumption of, alcoholic beverages by underage persons; and
C. To reduce the city’s costs of providing police and fire emergency response services to gatherings where alcoholic beverages are served to, or consumed by, underage persons, by imposing a civil fee against responsible persons for the recovery of the costs associated with providing multiple law enforcement and fire emergency response services to such gatherings.
(Ord. 2447)